Parking Lot Babies Preview

[Hammond]
– Never in the history of SoutheasternLouisianaUniversity’s
theatre program has a student-written play been produced.On Nov. 11, that will change as “Parking
Lot Babies,” an original play written by junior Zachary Boudreaux, will be
showcased.

“I think Generation Y doesn’t have a voice, so I wanted to
write a play about the dismal state of our generation,” said Boudreaux, a
Communication major.

Assistant professor of acting and directing James Winter,
who is the director of this play, also sees it as the voice of a generation.

“I really like this play because it’s their (the students)
voice.This isn’t something that’s 200
years old; it’s now,” Winter said.

The story centers on Mark, played by Boudreaux, a young
author who’s writing a book about his girlfriend and their group of friends.Boudreaux got inspiration to write a play
while he was acting in a previous one.

“I started working on it when I was in “The Glass Menagerie”
and with help from Mr. Winter, it took me around a year to finish.I really found inspiration with those
monologues and how it carried the story along,” said Boudreaux.

Student involvement goes from the actual writing of the play
all the way down to the set design.

“This set is different because it’s the first student
designed set,” said Drew Zeringue, a junior English major.

Zeringue plays Basil, the older friend of a group, who is
kept around to buy beer.Zeringue sees
this as a very real play.

“There’s nothing fake about it.It’s cutting edge and well written, and it
captures the way our generation handles things,” Zeringue said.

Junior Marketing major Lee Jeansonne, who plays Chris, views
this play as one that is not afraid to tackle touchy issues.

“It deal’s with a lot of the issues that today’s generation
has to deal with on a daily basis like drug addiction.It also deals with things that our important
to us but is done with our potty mouth humor," Jeansonne said.

Winter wants to make sure that people are prepared to see a
different play with sensitive subject matter.

“We are warning people that there will be strong subject
matter and language, but that does not make it a great play,” said Winter.